Staten Island supporters of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson say they won't be making any endorsements until after the vote recanvass.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the Board of Elections (BOE) doing its recanvass of voting machines, Staten Island Democrats are keeping their powder dry in the mayoral race.

State Sen. Diane Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn) and City Councilwoman Debi Rose (D-North Shore), who support Bill Thompson, attended a meeting with Thompson and about 50 other supporters and advisers at United Federation of Teachers headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday night.

Thompson finished behind Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary. De Blasio has slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote needed to avoid a runoff, but Thompson has not conceded.

"There's a lot of pressure coming from the de Blasio camp," said Ms. Savino.

The recanvass, begun on Friday, is the standard re-tallying of results from the voting machines, a task performed after every election. It is expected to be finished by Sunday, said BOE executive director Michael Ryan, a Great Kills resident.

Ms. Savino said there's no reason for Thompson to act until after the recanvass is finished. She also said there were no results at all yet from around 100 precincts around the city.

In addition, more than 78,000 paper ballots also need to be tallied.

"What's the big deal to wait a few days and see where we are?" said Ms. Savino. "It guarantees that people who went out to vote will have their vote counted."

If Thompson bows out by midnight Friday, his name would not appear on the ballot for the runoff even if the final count gives de Blasio less than 40 percent.

Ms. Rose will also wait for the recanvass process to play out.

"Democracy should prevail and every vote should be counted before Bill Thompson makes any decision," she said. "I am still supporting him."

Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D-North Shore), who supported Council Speaker Christine Quinn, said it would be "premature" for him to make a new endorsement in the race.

"I want to see if there's a runoff," he said.

Titone added that nobody from the de Blasio or Thompson camps had reached out to him for his support.

"If they want it, they have to ask for it, don't you think?" Titone said.

Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Mid-Island) did not make an endorsement in the mayoral race and is not planning to do so yet.

Cusick said he wanted the recanvass process to finish and wanted to have a "frank discussion" about toll relief with the candidates before making a call in the race.

Cusick praised Thompson for proposing that the city pay half the cost of a toll-relief plan pitched by Cusick and state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island).